The Portsmouth Society - News
| News | Autumn Lecture Series | |
| Earlier news | Our Autumn series of meetings and lectures commence on Wednesday 1st October when Sarah Quail, Head of the City Museums & Records Service, will speak on The future for the Museums and & Records Office. With proposals to relocate the City Museum to the City Centre North development, near St Agatha's Church, this is an exciting time for the service. Sarah will speak about these and other plans and will answer any questions that you might have. Does the Tricorn Have a Future? is a question that will be discussed at our meeting on 5th November. Like it or loathe it, the building has been a landmark in our city since 1962 and was designed as a flexible, multi-use and self contained structure in a unique and striking form. We are pleased to welcome the Tricorn's principal architect, Rodney Gordon, then employed by the Owen Luder partnership, to speak on the building's concept, its history and the proposals for its future. Brian Kidd is well known in the City and beyond for his vast knowledge and practical experience in the realm of horticulture. Recently retired as head of the City's Parks and Gardens department, Brian is still very busy writing a weekly column for The News, appearing on Radio Solent's Topsoil program and speaking to groups and societies across the South. The subject of Brian's talk is Portsmouth and Southsea In Bloom. The meetings are all held in the Norrish Central Library in the Guildhall Square and start at 7.30pm. Lectures are preceded by a short update on the society's activities and an opportunity for members to raise any current issues of concern. J.H. |